Bork (character)

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Bork (Carl Bork) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Bob Haney and Neal Adams, the character first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #81 (December 1968) and was later re-introduced in JLA #61 (February 2002).

Fictional character biography

Carl Bork is a criminal dockworker from Gotham City nicknamed "King of the Docks". After a shipboard theft in the South Pacific, he discovers Desolation Island, whose natives give him a magic statue that gradually mutates him.

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Bork in Batman and The Flash, artist Neal Adams.

Bork is imprisoned in the Van Kull prison outside Metropolis. He escapes and battles Batman before being convinced to surrender while his mother is treated for a heart condition.

After being paroled, Bork joins the Power Company. He is later forced to fight in Roulette's metahuman brawls and appears as a client of the Oblivion Bar.

In other media

Carl Bork appears in The Flash episode "Seeing Red", portrayed by Andre Tricoteux.